The Wilmingtonian., 1887-12-31
Chrhstm IS Celebration.

A oh>ho ophOois
v f. Fl. Hoffecker Esq. who, in company
5: With MI. T. B. Smith, recently returned
from an extended Western itinerary delive, :
: cd lecture upon "The God-wrought land
y scape we have seen'-"The stores of health
: accumulated by the trip and ''The magnih
: cent achevments of the Denver and Ru
i Grsnde Railroad I"
Mr.. Hoffecker took Chicago as starting
q point and graphically described the go ahead
d stiveness of the Western Metropolis. Ths
y Immensity of the business struotarss tower.
: ny sixteen stories in height indicated the
t value OF foot of land in the business GEN.
tres of that wonderful city. The speaker
D told how piling had been driven out into the
AXE parallelling the fast land and the
Intervening space filed in and that by this
process Of filing 10, Lake Michigan had
been compelled to dlsgorgs, as it were, two
nuudred acres Uf the most valuable property
in the entire West.
TIE Stock Yards were then reviewed aud
il was demonstrated that it took just six
minutes and three qu.rters from the time b
bullock entered the slaughter pan until al
1
tinsly placed before you, From eight to
ter thousand cattle are slaughtered, daily,
by Armour and Company; adjoining this
daughter pen is sn establishment for killing
nogs where an indsfuite number of poFkles
are, oally, translated into heterogeneous
cong Generations.
The hog killing art has reached that mar
yelous stage hat by the time the squealng
has cessated the original landmarks Of the
'pOrky" are wholly unrecoSnizdble.
the Parks Of Chicago were next passed III !
review. Lincoln Park with its extensive
attractive collection of fish. birds. fowls and |
beasts from every section OF the world and |
with its elegant drives frous an inspiring
feature to the tourist. The Drexel Boule
yard was described as the most inviting drive
ever seen by the speaker, This Boulevard
commences at Douglass Place, and ia four
hundred feet in with aud is divided Its entire
| ieugth by park which is richly studded III
the Summer season with ali the flowers com.
| mon TO the tropics. In many parts OF this
park may be seen plants and flowers so ar
ranged as to represent almost the entire ma
tural kingdom.
This park wss named in honor OF = Mr..
DreIel, who for many years was Chicago's
tOrsmost citizen and his relRtievs, the
Drexels Of Philadelphia, have materially
contributed towards making this the ideal
Boulevard Of America.
Passing on to Milwaukee the speaker
spoke Of it as the land OF beer kegs and
buTom german girls.
St. Paul and Minneapolis are twin sisters
which aeem to rival each other in their
anxiety to see which can first freeze the
mercury in the thermometer. This spirit of
RIVALRY frat attracts attention apout the
fret Of October and by Thanksgiving day, ,
the Thermometer s liable to indicate tenn
pature anywhere between thirty and fifty
below zero. The natives get thawed out
about May, while the tender-foot has no a
hopes outside OF a crematory,
The speaker then passed to notice the :
hunting grounds ofthe Piutes. He referred
to little uupleasentuess that was going on
IN the reservation at t Q time ofhis trip and
said that his travelling companion was ex- b
ceedlngly anxious to have warranty pla ed v
upon the integrity OF his capillary adorn-
ment; but the inspiring battle s, ng: !,
''He who fights and runs away.
Lives to fight another day;" p
--wss largely responsible for
the safety of the scalps--of the Wilmington n
pilgrims.
At Walla-Walla the speaker was welcomed ),
by number OF eI- Wllmingtonisns who are
making both fame and fortune in their new
homes. San Francisco the western terminus n
Of the itinerary was pcturesquely described, b
Although the first Of December, yet the d
Heltrope, the March Mel, and the trailing
Arbutus diffused their sweetness on the
bamy air, and the December of the Pacific
Slope is "a our mornings in early June !,
The city OF San Francisco was described as
great with all that the term implies.
Sight seeing at the Golden Gate beir q
ended thehomeward tour began. Salt Lake n
City was the frst place to engage the speak .
er's attention, and he snggeStvely remarked
that probably our people were suffi ,iontly
familiar with the manners methods and
customs Of Mormomdom as not to warrant
further citation.
The hour being nearly consumed the
pc 'ker iefsared all too briefly to Denver,
The marvellous city Of the plains. This city
is located on broad plateau, at an altitude
of5, 1877 feet and within forty mies OF the u
tuot Of the mountains. Being the most
cultured city west OF the Ohio it is Justly
denomitatsd the Boston OF the West.
1t is the Metropolis Of the Rocky Mount
aims aud IcoIes Of solid blocks of sales rooms
and factories demonstrate the fact that it ia I
AZ a commercial center OF mountainous
interior that Denver thrives aud cougratu-
lstes herself OF promise of an unnterrupt-
ed prosperous future and the Indications are
that within the Hsxt ten years Denver will
be the largest city between Chicago and !
San Francisco. 1t has been estimated that
~ 900 has been added to horpopulation with
in the last six months.
For many 6lfchs 10 the Southern AID
Western quarter of the town you will see
elegant and c1mfo table houses; homes sue
ceed Que another 10 eudless varying STYLES OF :
architecture aud vie In attractivensss, each
surrounded by lawns and gardens 1bounding
in fl pwers. An attractive feature 10 the d
residence portion of tho city is the uniform
custom of having the house placed some I
distance back from the street and each buih
independent Of the adjoining house. The
largen number Of pAlatIal aud we'll furnished
residences was noticeable feature Of this ,